BIO 298 - Research in Cell and Developmental Biology

How does scientific discovery really happen? Come learn the formal process of scientific research by participating in it yourself! In BIO 289 Research in Cell and Developmental Biology, students will carry out their own original research projects remotely to make discoveries in cell and developmental biology. The course will cover how to design and perform original experiments as well as how to analyze and publish original data. Research models for cell and developmental biology will include developing animals, plants and protists some of which will be at Wheaton and some of which will be provided in research kits sent to students’ locations. Original digital image data to address students’ hypotheses will be generated in Wheaton’s Imaging Center for Undergraduate Collaboration (ICUC) by the professor and will be analyzed remotely by the students. Because the course will generate original research discoveries, it will culminate with students submitting their work for peer review and publication. Come and advance the frontiers of scientific knowledge by trying your own collaborative research project in cell and developmental biology this January!

Prerequisites
Prerequisites: BIO 101 or BIO 111 or BIO 112 or AP credit or permission of instructor.

Credits 1

Notes
A section of BIO 098 must be selected with course. Open to Sophomores only, others by permission of instructor.

Compass Attributes
Sophomore Experience